C G F 

[Verse]
C                       G
Before the sun came up, he sipped that coffee black,
  C                      F
Slid on his muddy boots, pulled down his feed store cap.
C                                              G
He taught me how to grease the points, on that Massey 2-4-0
F                                                  Am
but I was way to busy, didn't really care to go.
G                              F Am   G
So he worked the feilds alone,        but what I didn't know.


[Chorus]
C          G                             Am
Up on that tractor, things might be faster in the world
G
but big wheels rolling slow. 
F                           C                  F
Help you see whats important, what really does matter,
G
up on the tractor. 

F C F Am G


[Verse]
C                            G
Just like the dirt is black, so do the years fly by.
F
He stayed home with mom, I travelled far and wide.
C                        G
And like a good man does he listened when I called.
F                                                        Am
Told him about my crazy life, and all the things I saw.
  G                         F Am  G     
And when it was time to go,       he wanted me to know.


[Chorus]
C          G                             Am
Up on that tractor, things might be faster in the world
G
but big wheels rolling slow. 
F                           C                  F
Help you see whats important, what really does matter,
G
up on the tractor. 


[Bridge]
F                      G
It tore my world apart, when god took him away.
Am                       C
Didnt get to say goodbye, I miss him everyday.
F                            G
When all the feilds grew up, this is right back where I came.


[Chorus]
C          G                             Am
Up on that tractor, things might be faster in the world
G
but big wheels rolling slow. 

C          G                             Am
Up on that tractor, things might be faster in the world
G
but big wheels rolling slow. 
F                           C                 F
Help you see whats important, what really does matter,
F           C                          F
I know even more now, what really does matter,
G
up on the tractor.


[Outro]
F C F Am G
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